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The V.League 1 match between Hanoi FC and Sài Gòn FC will be played behind closed doors to avoid the spread of COVID-19.

Vietnam is anticipated to secure more tickets to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in nine sports after gymnast Dinh Phuong Thanh officially qualified for the upcoming global sporting event.

Around 4,300 domestic and foreign runners from 41 countries, living and working in Vietnam, will join the Vietnam Trail Marathon (VTM) in Moc Chau district, Son La province on April 24.

The Vietnam team will compete in the play-off round to qualify for the two slots at the FIFA Futsal World Cup 2021.

Hoàng Thị Duyên won the first international medal of the year for Vietnamese athletes by finishing third at the Asian Weightlifting Championship in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Monday.

Vietnamese weightlifter Hoang Thi Duyen secured a bronze medal in the women’s 59kg category on April 19 as she competed in the Asian Weightlifting Championships 2021 which took place in Uzbekistan.

National team goalkeeper Dang Van Lam concluded two weeks of quarantine in Japan on April 17 and is set to be presented to fans of J-League 1 side Cerezo Osaka Club on April 18.

Former boxing champion Trương Đình Hoàng and his young teammate Vương Thị Vỹ have set their sights on SEA Games gold medals.

Vietnam’s no. 1 chess player, Le Quang Liem, will again have the chance to clash with chess king Magnus Carlsen as he has been invited to participate in the fifth stage of the 2021 Champions Chess Tour, to be

A western Japanese city cancelled the Tokyo Olympics torch relay over spiking coronavirus cases on Wednesday, fueling fresh fears about whether the pandemic-postponed Games should go ahead with just 100 days until the opening ceremony.

Authorities in Quang Ninh Province have just awarded the local football team VND500 million (USD21,739) for their outstanding achievements in the V-League.

A women's AFC Champions League will be launched in 2023, Asia's football governing body has told AFP, with the new international club tournament aiming to increase the strength of the female game across the continent.

A total of 20 Vietnamese athletes who are due to compete in the upcoming 2021 Tokyo Olympics were vaccinated against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on March 30 at the 108 Military Central Hospital.

In a South Korean rice field, the teenage world drone-racing champion is preparing to defend his title in one of the planet's fastest and highest-tech sports.

Midfielder Ngo Hoang Thinh of Ho Chi Minh City Football Club has been suspended for the remainder of this year following his horrendous two-footed tackle on Hanoi Football Club's Do Hung Dung in a V. League game on Tuesday.

When the Tokyo Olympics torch relay kicks off in Fukushima on Thursday, runners are hoping it will show the world the area is no "nuclear wasteland", a decade after the 2011 disaster.

Olympic organisers meet Saturday for talks expected to bar overseas fans from this summer's pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games, in a bid to reduce virus risks and win over a sceptical public.

The second virtual conference to discuss preparations for the organisation of the International Army Games in 2021 has just been held across 13 venues.

The administration of Hanoi remains highly determined to successfully host the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games and the 11th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Para Games later this year.